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Hawaii enacts significant changes to small-dollar lending law

CFPB Monitor

Hawaii recently enacted significant changes to its small-dollar lending law that repeals existing Hawaii law on deferred deposits and creates a new regime for installment loans. 1192 provides that, unless exempt, no person can act as an “installment lender” in Hawaii unless licensed. Although H.B. Although H.B.

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JD Sports Purchases California-Based Shoe Palace

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More than 50 percent of the retail locations are in California, but the retailer has an “established retail presence” in Hawaii, New Mexico, Colorado, Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. Shoe Palace provided a $52 million pre-tax profit in the year ending Dec. 31, 2019, according to the announcement.

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Airline Execs Strike Cautious Tone For Business Travel Rebound

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billion pre-tax loss in the third quarter on a 73 percent drop in revenue. Case in point: On Thursday American Airlines took its turn at the earnings podium just as rivals Delta and United had done the week before and revealed steep revenue declines for the third quarter to the surprise of no one. American posted a $3.6

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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In 2016 when the Panama Papers exposed an international network of offshore entities involved in tax evasion, fraud, and sanction evasion, some of which included real estate holdings, regulations began to change.

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Wall Street To Get More Scrutiny As Dems Poised To Join House Financial Services Committee

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Bloomberg noted that Tulsi Gabbard, the lawmaker from Hawaii who announced plans to run for president in 2020, will also likely be named to the House Financial Services Committee. According to Bloomberg, a majority of Democrats in the House have to give Ocasio-Cortez the votes to join the House Financial Services Committee.

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Five Democratic Senators urge CFPB to revise remittance transfer rule

CFPB Monitor

Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), . §§ 1005.30 to 1005.36, requires transfer providers to provide prepayment disclosures to consumers prior to paying for a remittance transfer. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),Dianne Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

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How to Withdraw Bitcoin to Your Bank Account

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As long as you don’t live in one of the excluded states (Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Nebraska, Hawaii, and Nevada) you can withdraw cash directly to a linked bank account. Remember to Pay Taxes. Remember: Any profits made make from trading cryptocurrency is subject to tax. What about in the UK or other countries?

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